Tree-cultivator.



PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.

G. B. RVEEVE. TREE CULT'IVATOR. APPLIUATION `FILED JUNE 27.1905.

, UNITED s'rArEs PATENT OEEIOE.

GEORGE B. REEvE, OE LA MIRADA, CALIFORNIA.

TREE-CULTIVATOR.

To all whom, it. may concern:

citizen of the United States, residin i trees are lfrequently allowed to grow with" the 'ground underneath the limbsof the B. REEVE, a at'La Mirada, in the 'county of Los Ange es and State of California, have invented new and usefull Improvements in Tree-Cultivators, of which the following isa specification.

In southern California orange and Be it known that I, GEORGE other low-hanging limbs which will rest ujpn the ground when the trees are laden wit fruit,

ecomes difficult to cultivate thus to form 4supports for the laden branches,

and it thereby trees'. The outri ger-cultivator may be used for cultivating c ose to the trunksl of trees which have spreading branches, provided the branches terminate far enough above the O'round to allow the cultivator-to be used.;

ut heretofore, so far as I am' aware, there has never been provided v a cultivator with which the ground underneath the low-hang ing branches above referred to could be satisfactorily cultivated, for the reason .that the r are apt to cause serious injury to the trees. y

cutting and scarring the limbs inthe process.

ofcultivating theground.

A11 object of this invention is to provide a cultivator by means of which the ground may be cultivated underneath the `limbs of trees without injury to such-limbs, 'even though they may rest normally upon the ground 1nv A the I nannerof the fruit-trees above referred to.

less depth at the will l wise Another object of the invention is to provide a cultivator adapted for cultivating beneath the limbs of a tree which can be adjusted to cultivate the earth to a greater or of the attendant.

In carrying out this latter feature' of the invention I provide, in combination with the beam ofthe cultivator, an outrig er carrying disks and adjustably. connecte with the beam at one end of the cultivator, so that the Outrigger can be canted more or less to give a eater or vless 'slant to the disks. The adjustment Vis preferably made at the front end of' the cultivator and may be effected by -means of .a lever with segment and pawl'or any other usual mode of adjustably connecting one part with another, and the` rear con.

nection of the Outrigger with the beam may be pivotal, or the rear portion may be-otherexible relative to the beam.

In the accompanyingldrawingsl shall illus# trate a simple form oft einvention', in which Patented Nov.2o,19oe.

the front end of the Outrigger may be4 adjustj ably connected by means of one or more bolts and holes at different heights in the beam for allowing the front end of the Outrigger to be adjusted u and'down, the rear end ofthe Outrigger eing flexibly connected to the rear end of the beam, with oneor more bolts constructed and arranged flexure or pivotal movement to admit of the required adjustment'. This flcxure can be secured by loose-fitting bolts. in a manner well known-in the art, and it is deemed unnecessary to illustrate the same in detail.

I provide the cultivator with fender means for preventing the disks from injuring the low hanging limbs of orchard-trees. Such means preferably comprises a hollow cowl provided with one or morefenders constructed topush the limbs out of the way, thus preventing them from being cut by the disks.

' The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure for operation. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view from the left of Fig. 1, showing'the portion of the cultivator which is provided with lthe disk cutters and their cowl. Fig. 3 is an elevation ofthe cultivator with the disk cutters in the foreground. Fig. 4- is a fragmental view showing the inner end of the guard from lthe left of Fig. 2.v

1 .is-a beam provided at its front and rear ends' with wheels 2 3 inthe usual mannen and 4 is an outrig er-frame composed of angle-iron fastened exibly at the rear end by bolts b to the Abear'n 1 and adjustably fas-' tened by bolts 12 atthe front end to the front end of the beam, so that the front end of the Outriggerframe can be raised and lowered relative to the front end of the beamv and to the front supporting-wheel 3.

The disks 5 are concaved in the usualway on the side toward the beam, and'by raising thel front end of the outri ger-frame, thus to cause the disks to -run las the disks to cut deeper into the ground, and when the front end of the Outrigger-frame islowered the concave disks will cut less 'deeply into the ground.' I 6 is a 'uard in the form of ahood or cowl mounte upon the outriggerfframe and chambering the u per portion of the to prevent t e low-hanging limbs from being cut by tledisks as they same. Saidhoodor cow 1 is a plan of the cultivator ready to vallow enough disks, serving IIO ass underneath the is preferably round? ed atthe top, and the front outer corner vV7 is beveled to serveas a fender for pushing the limbs away to prevent them from being drawn commg into jectionl 8',

' Outrigger-frame by means of with its fenders,

underneath the hood Or cowl, and thereby Contact with the disks. The

formed with a downward proextending to act as a fender to force the low-hanging limbs away from the l concavesideof thecutter. Thehood or cowl may be made Of iron or other suitable 1naterial and may be fastenedto vthe bar 9 of the a lug or lugs l0. 11 designatesbolt-holes, and 12 a bolt for adjustablyfastening thefro'nt end of the outl rigger-.rame to the front end of the beam. l In practical usel the attendant may raise er l lower the front ,end of the Outrigger-frame, I thus'to increase or decrease the depth of the cultivation. As the cultivator moves fori ward and the .disks come underneath the lowhanging limbs of the tree the hood Or cowl, gently llfts the low-hanging limbs and allows the cutters to pass underneath said limbs without injury te the limbs.

What I claim is` i 1. A tree-cultivator provided with a beam and an outrigger-frame adjustably connected inner end 8 is thefront end of a beam, cultivatingdisks, .and a limb-fender over the disks at'the end of the Outrigger.

2'. A tree-cultivator" having an Outriggerframe and cultivator-disks on its Outrigger and a fender over the cultivato'r-disks.

3'. An Outrigger disk cultivator havin zal 5. An Outrigger disk cultivator ha a cowl over lts disks,pthe samebeing provided at its inner end with a fender.

6. An Outrigger disk cultivator having fen- 4 arranged to preder means' constructed vand vent the disksfrom cutting low-hanging limbs of trees.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Los Angeles, California, this 19th. 5&5

day of June, 1905. Y i GEO. B. REEVlhU,

l In presence of- WILLIAM H- BULLEN, MARGARET M. VAN NEss'. 

